MTB467 1943
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Names |
MGB74 - 75, 1943 - MTB412 - 413 MGB76 MGB77, 1943 - MTB415 MGB78 - 79 MGB80 - 81, 1943 - MTB417 - 418 MGB107 - 108, 1943 - MTB430 - 431 MGB109 - 110 MTB435 - 458 (ex-MGB111 - 134) MTB459 - 466 (ex-MGB135 - 142) (RCN from 1944) MTB467 - 469 (ex-MGB143 - 145) MTB470 (ex-MGB146), 1948 - P1570 FPB1570 MTB471 - 479 (ex-MGB147 - 155) MTB480 (ex-MGB156), 1948 - P1580 FPB1580 MTB481 - 484 (ex-MGB157 - 160) MTB485 - 486 (ex-MGB161 - 162) (RCN from 1944) MTB487 (ex-MGB163) MTB488 (ex-MGB164), 1948 - P1588 MTB1588 MTB489 - 490 (ex-MGB165 - 166) MTB491 (ex-MGB167) (RCN from 1944) MTB492 - 495 (ex-MGB168 - 171) MTB496 (ex-MGB172), 1947 - FPB1596, 1948- P1596 FPB1596 MTB497 (ex-MGB173) MTB498 (ex-MGB174), 1947 - FPB1598, 1948- P1598 FPB1598 MTB499 - 500 (ex-MGB175 - 176) MTB501 - 504 MTB505, 1948- P1505 Proud Fusilier MTB506, 1948- P1506 Proud Grenadier MTB507, 1948- P1507 Proud Guardsman MTB508, 1948- P1508 Proud Highlander MTB509, 1948- P1509 Proud Knight MTB519, 1948- P1519 Proud Lancer MTB520 MTB521, 1948- P1521 MTB1521 MTB522, 1948- P1522 Proud Legionary MTB596, 1948- P1596 Proud Patriot MTB598, 1948- P1598 Proud Patroller |
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Builders |
British Power Boat, Hythe: MGB74-81, 107-110, MTB435-509, 519-522, 596, 598 |
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Completed |
4/1942 - 2.1943: MGB74 - 81 (MTB412 - 418), MGB107 - 110 (MTB430 - 434) 3-12/1944: MTB435 - 500 3-11/1945: MTB501 - 508, 519 - 522, 596, 598 1.1946: MTB509 |
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Losses |
MGB76 (6.10.1942), MGB78 (3.10.1942), MGB79 (28.2.1943), MGB109 (25.2.1943), MGB110 (29.5.1943), MTB412 (27.7.1944), MTB417 (16.3.1944), MTB430 (27.7.1944), MTB434 (9.7.1944), MTB438 (14.2.1945), MTB444 (14.2.1945), MTB448 (11.6.1944), MTB459 (15.2.1945), MTB460 (3.7.1944), MTB461 (15.2.1945), MTB462 (15.2.1945), MTB463 (8.7.1944), MTB465 (15.2.1945), MTB466 (15.2.1945), MTB494 (7.4.1945) |
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Transfers |
Netherlands, 4-5/1944: MTB418, 432, 433, 436 - 437, 453 RCN, 1944: MTB459 - 467, 485 - 486, 491 Poland, 1943-1944 (temporarily): MTB437 (S4) |
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Discarding |
1945: MTB447, 456, 477, 482, 501 1946: MTB458, 490, 497 1947: MTB481, 493, 502 1948: MTB489, 503, 504 1949: P1588 1955: MTB467 1958: P1505 - 1509, 1519, 1521, 1522, 1596, 1598 |
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Displacement standard, t |
37 - 46 |
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Displacement full, t |
46 - 53 |
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Length, m |
21.9 |
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Breadth, m |
6.27 |
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Draught, m |
1.28 - 1.37 deep load |
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No of shafts |
3 |
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Machinery |
3 Packard petrol engines |
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Power, h. p. |
3600 - 4050 |
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Max speed, kts |
38 - 40 trials |
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Fuel, t |
petrol 12500 l |
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Armament |
MGB: 1 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 2 - 4 DC MTB: 1 x 1 - 57/43 6pdr 7cwt QF Mk II, 1 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 2 - 450 TT, 2 DC MTB509: 1 x 1 - 114/19 Mk I, 1 x 2 - 20/70 Mk V, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 2 - 450 TT, 2 DC |
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Sensors |
completed 1942-1943: type 286PU radar completed 1943-1944: type 291U radar completed 1944-1946: type 291U or type 293 or type 268U radar |
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Complement |
12 - 17 |
Project history: 70-ft BPB design.
Modernizations: 1943-1944, most earlier: - type 286PU radar; + type 291U radar
1945, MTB520: - 1 x 1 - 57/43; + 1 x 1 - 114/19 8cwt QF Mk I
Naval service: 1946: MTB481, 490 became controlled targets CT48, 49.
1947: Many MTB were reclassified to FPB (fast patrol boats)
MGB75 1942
MTB488 1944
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